Translation and Validation of the Psychological Well-Being Scale for King Abdul-Aziz University’s Student in Jeddah

Abstract

The current research aims to translate and validate the psychological well-being scale for King Abdul-Aziz University’s students in Jeddah among a sample of 232 students. Also, the research aims to reveal the level of psychological well-being among the study sample and identify differences between the levels of psychological well-being according to a number of demographic variables (gender, marital status, employment status, and educational level). This research used a descriptive approach, and the psychological well-being scale prepared by Diener et al. (2010) was applied as the study tool. The results showed a high indication of the validity of the scale. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that all items have high saturation, where the values of factor saturation ranged between 0.80-0.43, and they came with a high level of compatibility, where the value of (CFI) = 0.90, as well as the results of the reliability of Alpha Cronbach showed a high reliability (0.88). In addition, the results showed that the level of psychological well-being was 45 among the study sample. There were statistically significant differences attributed to the variables (marital status, employment status, educational level), but no statistically significant differences attributed to the variable (gender). According to the study result, the researcher recommends encouraging researchers to study the psychological, social, and physical needs of KAU students, provide them with psychological and social care, and try to support them and solve their problems to enhance their psychological well-being